Sub Comma() ' Paul Beverley - Version 09.11.24 ' Make adjacent words into comma separated newBit = ", " myQuotes = Chr(34) & Chr(39) & ChrW(8220) & ChrW(8216) oldBits = ";:.," & ChrW(8211) & ChrW(8211) Set rng = Selection.Range.Duplicate rng.MoveEnd , 50 For i = 1 To rng.Characters.Count If InStr(oldBits, rng.Characters(i)) > 0 Then Exit For Next i If i > 50 Then Beep MsgBox "No relevant punctuation found." Exit Sub End If rng.Characters(i - 2).Select While (LCase(Selection) <> UCase(Selection)) Selection.MoveRight 1 DoEvents Wend myStart = Selection.start If Selection = ChrW(8217) Then myStart = myStart + 1 Do Selection.MoveRight 1 DoEvents If Selection.start = ActiveDocument.Content.End - 1 _ Then Beep: Exit Sub Loop Until LCase(Selection) <> UCase(Selection) Or Asc(Selection) = 1 myEnd = Selection.start Set rng = ActiveDocument.Content rng.End = myEnd rng.start = myStart wasMiddle = rng lastChar = Right(rng, 1) If LCase(Selection) <> Selection Then ' It needs lowercasing Selection.start = Selection.start - 1 preChar = Selection Selection.MoveStart 1 Selection.MoveEnd 1 newLetter = LCase(Selection) If InStr(myQuotes, preChar) > 0 Then Selection.Delete Selection.TypeText newLetter Selection.End = myEnd - 1 Else newBit = newBit & newLetter End If Selection.start = myStart Else If lastChar = " " And Len(rng) > 1 Then newBit = Trim(newBit) Selection.MoveLeft 1 End If Selection.start = myStart Selection.Delete Selection.TypeText newBit Selection.MoveRight Count:=1 End Sub